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The geometric complexities uncovered provide insights into how these mini-organs get assembled, potentially of interest for fuel production.

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The Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) has published three articles highlighting the work and recommendations of a national conference aimed at advancing and improving CER, convened last year by the PhRMA Foundation and the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy.

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The CUORE experiment set the tightest limits yet on the rare decay of tellurium-130, providing insights into the nature of neutrinos.

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Researchers at the George Washington University and the University of Georgia are partners in a project that will soon be able to provide a way for questions asked by those studying glycoscience to be answered by big data.

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Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced that the Department of Energy (DOE) will award 179 grants totaling $30 million to 149 small businesses in 36 states.

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When women take the common diabetes medication metformin during pregnancy, it may put their children at increased risk of having obesity or overweight.

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A new collaboration established between Georgetown University and the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research aims to expand both institutions’ research and training missions in the biomedical sciences.

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The escalating influence of modern biomedical conceptions of health and illness now dominate healthcare delivery. A new study finds that this expanding “medical industrial complex” is not straightforwardly responsible for improved life expectancy and mortality in first-world nations.

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The Endocrine Society today expressed disappointment with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) statement asserting that the results of an interim report support previous determinations that bisphenol A (BPA) is safe for use in food containers and packaging.

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Finger Lakes Instrumentation (FLI) launches INCITE Cube Switcher.

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Being a responsible student, maintaining an interest in school and having good reading and writing skills will not only help a teenager get good grades in high school but could also be predictors of educational and occupational success decades later, regardless of IQ, parental socioeconomic status or other personality factors, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

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New research from an American University professor finds that teen attitudes towards drinking can be changed with the help of a short public service announcement.

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• An analysis of published studies indicates that children with chronic kidney disease may have lower intellectual functioning compared than children in the general population. • Compared with children with mild-to-moderate stage kidney disease and with kidney transplants, children on dialysis had the lowest IQ scores. • Deficits were evident for attention, memory, and executive function domains.

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In this issue, find research on gun storage, LARCs and abortion, flu vaccine disparities, air pollution disparities, Brazil birthrate after Zika and more

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This research offers new information to understand the role of microorganisms in elemental cycling in the Arctic.

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The GW Cancer Center recently welcomed 24 multidisciplinary health care teams from across the country to its inaugural TEAM (Together, Equitable, Accessible, Meaningful) Training program.

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Defect-enhanced transport and complex phase growth are changing design rules for lithium-ion batteries.

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Colossal magnetoresistance at terahertz frequencies in thin composites boosts novel memory devices operated at extremely high speed.

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Neutrinos are the most abundant particles in the universe and could reveal insight into physics beyond the Standard Model. However, they’re incredibly difficult to detect. While most neutrino detectors are very large, two experiments supported by the Department of Energy at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are poised to demonstrate that even modest neutrino experiments can make big discoveries.

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ScreenADAPT®, a collaborative research and development technology is an X-ray image analysis training system that tracks the eye movement of trainees as they inspect simulated bags to enhance visual search skills. It has been transitioned to Portland International Airport and other TSA hubs.

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Paul Marvar, PhD, at GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, received a large grant from the NIH to study a possible link between post-traumatic stress disorder and cardiovascular disease.

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First known material capable of emitting single photons at room temperature and telecom wavelengths.

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Day-night changes in light and temperature power a low-cost material assembly that mimics biological self-copying.

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Engineers develop wires that penetrate neurons and measure their activity

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Gel uses nanoparticles for on-demand control of droplet shapes, of interest for energy storage and catalysis.

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Current generated when light hits a material reveals electrons behaving like an elusive particle.

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Tiny cages can trap and release inert argon gas atoms, allowing their further study and providing a new way to capture rare gases.

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Simulations discovered the first molecule with three extra electrons and extraordinary stability.

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Akatsuki Technology Co Ltd is a Japanese company, http://www.akatsuki-tech.com, which is specified in designation & making "Ultra-High-Precision Optical glass components".

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Unprecedented characterization of subsurface electronic states could lead to better semiconductors and seeing new interactions.

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In response to a widely-reported study, the American Cleaning Institute said that laundry and dishwashing products have a minimal impact overall through the selection of ingredients that biodegrade during wastewater treatment,

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Please join us for a Facebook Live Tech Talk on February 22 at 1 p.m. EST to learn more about what S&T is doing to secure surface transportation.

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• Three new research articles compare human and mouse kidney development to identify shared and novel features. • The studies provide new detailed molecular data to guide future research. • The studies revealed deep conservation of certain processes, but also significant differences in gene expression during kidney development, as well as in the timing, scale, organization, and molecular profile of key cell types and cell structures.

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Multiple techniques to characterize an enzyme complex shed light on how bacteria create particles and contribute to global cycles.

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A special supplement to the American Journal of Public Health explores updated perspectives and new research on high risk adolescent pregnancy prevention.

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The American Psychological Association called on the House of Representatives to reject a bill that would weaken the Americans with Disabilities Act, our nation’s foremost civil rights law for persons with disabilities. The bill, H.R. 620, the ADA Education and Reform Act, would impose a 6-month waiting period before people with disabilities could enforce their rights to gain access to businesses, social service agencies, educational institutions and other covered entities.

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Clinicians and researchers from the Department of Dermatology at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences will present poster at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting starting Feb. 16.

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American University President Sylvia M. Burwell announced today she has appointed Traevena Byrd as vice president and general counsel, effective April 9, 2018.

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The American Educational Research Association’s annual meeting is the largest gathering of scholars in the field of education research.

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This is one in a series of profiles on directors of the SC-stewarded user facilities. This profile features Sergei Nagaitsev, director of the Fermilab Accelerator Complex.

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Study shows how aerosols interacting with clouds can be accurately captured by sparse set of representative particles.

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Issued by DHS S&T in collaboration with OHA's National Biosurveillance Integration Center (NBIC), the challenge calls for the design of an early warning system that uses existing data to uncover emerging biothreats.

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President Trump released the Administration's Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget yesterday, which proposes sweeping cuts to certain federal programs within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Education. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is gravely concerned about the impact these cuts would have on America's progress in educating the health professions workforce to deliver evidence-based care, as this denotes an historic shift away from critical investments in the academic and healthcare infrastructure.

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A new report by InSight Crime and American University’s Center for Latin American & Latino Studies (CLALS) reveals new details about MS13 and the way this gang operates. The report also provides policy recommendations for eradicating MS13.

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MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute’s cardiac surgery program at MedStar Washington Hospital Center has earned the highest quality rating of three stars from the prestigious Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), placing it once again among the top surgical heart programs in the nation.

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Family history of breast cancer continues to significantly increase chances of developing invasive breast tumors in aging women — those ages 65 and older, according to research published in JAMA Internal Medicine. The findings could impact mammography screening decisions later in life.

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Students from James Madison University (JMU) will be tackling air travel security issues for the DHS Science and Technology Directorate as part of their spring semester of the Hacking 4 DefenseTM (H4D) class.

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Combining an anti-angiogenesis agent, which blocks blood vessel formation, with an immunotherapy agent, was found to have promising anti-tumor activity and no unexpected side effects in an early-phase clinical trial in patients with advanced kidney cancer.

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AACC is pleased to announce that Wall Street Journal investigative reporter John Carreyrou will speak about his investigations into the laboratory medicine industry at the 70th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo.